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Old Oct 10, 2010, 1:41 pm
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wierdo
 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: XNA, TUL
Programs: Avis First, AA plebian :(
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Originally Posted by sdsearch
I think planned multi-month rentals at conventional car companies are rather rare. They don't tend to have monthly rates that I'm aware of (except again maybe Enterprise, since they do a lot of rent-while-your-car-is-repaired). And in fact htere tend to be penalties for multi-month rentals, like inability to earn points/miles/etc.
Avis has a monthly rate that is different from 4x weekly. A friend of mine recently picked up a compact (Focus SEL w/14k; Sirius is deactivated, though) that's going to end up at $550 after the monthly coupon on the website for 31 days. Taking it for 28 or less would have been weekly x4, which at the moment is running around $700 here.

What really kills you on long rentals are the per day fees that many locations charge.
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